Friday, 23 May 2014

Since starting this blog you have been such a wonderful support and inspiration for me. Your kindness and generosity still leaves me speechless and is so very much appreciated.

The last two days my life has been turned upside-down and I struggle to pick up the pieces. I feel a great emptiness inside me and everything is fuzzy and un-focused. I am not able to create, I cannot even think clearly.

For this reason I will close this blog for a while. One day I would love to return when life has settled. I will continue to pop in to see your fabulous creations as it gives me so much comfort.

Monday, 19 May 2014

It's done, he did it. The weekend before last he ran the 83.4km in 18 hours and 30 minutes. I am very proud of him, he did so well and finished. I probably would still be running ........ to honour the occasion I made a medal for him with a solid Sterling silver disk and 24 carat gold foil. The techniques I used include etching and Keum-Boo. I was so happy once it was finished .... and, of course, it needed a little presentation box .......

Monday, 5 May 2014

We still do embossing for Vicki's: Use Embossing Powder challenge. Heat-embossing is so versatile and opens up so many opportunities. For my project the embossing acted as boundary for various water colours I used

First I stamped the butterfly (Crafty Individuals) with VersaMagic 'Red Brick' ink

and heat-embossed it with Clear Embossing powder from WOW.

The butterfly was cut out and then coloured with water colours.

I layered it on a little tag and some papers from EchoPark.

The finishing touches are a stamped sentiment (Waltzing Mouse), some ribbon and a couple of half-pearls.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you have the time to join us for the challenge. There is still time!